Guatemala
President-Elect Names
Cabinet
While the complete
Guatemalan Cabinet will
be announced December
1st, President-elect
Alvaro Colom advanced
some names on Monday,
including that of the
future foreign minister,
Haroldo Rodas.
Rodas, current general
secretary of the Central
American Economic
Integration system (SIECA),
will formally announce
his withdrawal from that
post at the Ibero-American
Summit in Chile on
Wednesday.
Colom also invited
legislator Alejandro
Arevalo (Unionista
Party) to lead the
Finance Ministry and
publicized plans to
transform the Economy
Ministry into the
General Economic
Development with
involvement of his
advisor Edgar Barquin.
As previously promised,
the education, health
and agriculture
ministers will be chosen
by consensus among
interested sectors,
while the ministerial
positions for
government, defense,
communications and
housing have yet to be
decided upon. |
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